StageX Wednesday Breakfast

Is AI Eating Education? — StageX Interview Series with Kevin Roose & Casey Newton (Co-Hosts of Hard Fork)

Kevin Roose (New York Times columnist) and Casey Newton (Founder, Platformer) bring the signature curiosity and candor of their Hard Fork podcast to StageX for an unscripted exploration of how AI is transforming education and work.

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Through candid interviews with pioneering founders, CEOs, investors, and policy leaders, they’ll examine how AI is unlocking new models for higher education, reshaping career pathways, and redefining how humans learn—while probing the opportunities, risks, and unanswered questions ahead. Blending sharp insight with real-time analysis, this StageX breakfast session offers a rare, front-row view into the innovators and ideas shaping the future of education and work in the AI age.

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Featuring:  

Adrián Ridner (Founder & CEO, Study.com)

Tade Oyerinde (Chancellor and Founder, Campus)

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Garrett Lord (Co-Founder & CEO, Handshake)

Omar Abbosh (CEO, Pearson)

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Romy Drucker (Program Director, Education, Walton Family Foundation)

Kumar Garg (President, Renaissance Philanthropy Fund)

Arati Prabhakar (Principal Investigator & Former Director of OSTP )

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GPUs, Hyperscalers, and the Rise of the Neocloud: The Infrastructure Behind AI and Learning

Matt Schneider (Managing Director for State, Local and Education, Google Public Sector)

Dave Diggers (CEO & CTO of Cirrascale Cloud Services)

Louis Stewart (Head of Strategic Initiatives for the Developer Ecosystem at NVIDIA)

Moderator: Claire Zau (Partner & AI Lead, GSV Ventures)